NEWS-HR

A s.185 (Enterprise Agreement) application by Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd T/A Western Diagnostic Pathology; Vetpath Laboratory Services for its Western Diagnostic Pathology & Vetpath Health Services Union Enterprise Agreement 2017 has been granted by Commissioner Wilson in Melbourne on 12 January 2018.

People Care Pty Ltd will defend a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Commissioner Booth in Hearing Room 4 in Brisbane (Sipper).

An application by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is before Commissioner Wilson in Court 4 & Conference Room C – Level 6 in Melbourne today.

The James Brown Memorial Trust will fight a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) launched by an ex-staffer (Braithwaite).

An Item 16 Sch 3 (Termination of transitional instrument) application by the Mental Health Foundation (ACT) Inc T/A Mental Health Foundation ACT for its Mental Health Foundation (ACT) has been agreed by Deputy President Kovacic in Canberra on 12 January 2017.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Churches of Christ Community Care in NSW will debate a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Johns in Hearing Room 11-6 – Level 11 in Sydney at 4pm.

Fire crews responded to an apparent gas leak at an aged care facility in Long Gully this morning. Crews were called to Estia Health – formerly Lilley Lodge – on Black Street at 6.40am with reports of a strong smell of gas. Firefighters used a gas detector to discover the source in the centre’s kitchen. The Golden Square brigade used fans to remove the gas smell from the area. Bendigo Fire Station senior station officer Darren Eenjes said the gas was shut down and workers will be on the scene today to determine the cause of the leak. No residents were evacuated. Estia Health has 73 beds at the Long Gully facility.

A s.437 (Application for a protected action ballot order) by the Health Service Union involving the Australian Red Cross Blood Service has been agreed by Commissioner Johns in Melbourne on 12 January 2018.